The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970 and is supported by Mississippi's eight state universities. UPM publishes scholarly books of the highest distinction and books that interpret the South and its culture to the nation and the world. From its offices in Jackson, the University Press of Mississippi acquires, edits, distributes, and promotes more than eighty new books every year. Over the years, the Press has published more than 1000 titles and distributed more than 2,600,000 copies worldwide, each with the Mississippi imprint.

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Comics and Modernism

History, Form, and Culture

University Press of Mississippi

The first collection to engage with the fascinating overlap between comics and modernism

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Vibe

The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South

University Press of Mississippi

A journey into the inner lives of Black southerners through the reverberations of trap music

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Poor Gal

The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane

University Press of Mississippi

The telling journey of a centuries-old tune and what it says about race, class, and American folk music

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Learning Jazz

Jazz Education, History, and Public Pedagogy

University Press of Mississippi

A call for collaboration and understanding in how we learn jazz in diverse settings

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Intersecting Aesthetics

Literary Adaptations and Cinematic Representations of Blackness

University Press of Mississippi

How twentieth-century Black writers and filmmakers struggled to create authentic adaptations that reflected Black experiences

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From Biblical Book to Musical Megahit

William B. Bradbury's Esther, the Beautiful Queen

University Press of Mississippi

The compelling history of an acclaimed and enduring musical piece

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Conversations with Karl Ove Knausgaard

Edited by Bob Blaisdell
University Press of Mississippi

Twenty-two interviews with the Norwegian author and winner of the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature who is best known for his two autobiographical series My Struggle and the Seasons quartet

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Civic Buildings after the Spanish-American War

University Press of Mississippi

How Beaux-Arts edifices reveal the United States’ imperialistic vision in the Caribbean

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Body Genre

Anatomy of the Horror Film

University Press of Mississippi

A first-of-its-kind study of the relationship between human anatomy and horror

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What a Difference a Day Makes

Women Who Conquered 1950s Music

University Press of Mississippi

A fun-filled survey of the women who topped the charts in jazz, blues, R&B, and rock ’n’ roll

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